AMMAN , Jordan, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Jordan's execution of 11 convicted murderers ended the county's eight-year suspension of capital punishment.
Interior Ministry spokesman Ziad Zubi announced, ""Eleven criminals convicted in different cases of murder were executed at dawn" by hanging after "all the required legal measures," the official Petra news agency reported Sunday. Each was a Jordanian citizen. Since the previous execution, in 2006, 122 people have received death sentences for crimes including murder, rape and treason.